Garter



G. C. MASON May 11,1948.

GAR'IER Filed July 10, 1946 a. @man Y INV'ENToR.

Patented May 112 1948 George C. Mason, Madison,

C., assignor to Gem-Dandy, Inc., Madison, Y Application July 10, 1946,` Serial No. 682,622

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a garter construction,

and more particularly to that type of garter inthe leg band acts to swing the pendant out of a vertical position and draw the free end of the pendant upwardly, thereby increasing the tension on the hose with which the garter is connected, without increasing tension and leg gripping. action of the elastic leg band of the garter.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain-novel details of construction andr combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a `garter constru-cted in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmental elevational'view illustrating the position which' the pendant assumes, when the leg band is stretched around the leg of the person wearing the garter.

Figure Sis a sectional view taken on line of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the garter includes a plate 5, which is constructed of any desirable sheet material, such as metal, plastic or the like, the plate having an upper slot 6 extending transversely thereof, forming sa bar 1.

Disposed longitudinally of the plate are slots 8, which' provide a central bar 9 that is pressed outwardly from the plate, so that the elastic band IG, which forms a part of the garter and which encircles the leg of the wearer, may be positioned thereunder in such a way as to secure the plate to the band, without the necessity of stitching.

One end of the plate is reduced and bent inwardly, providing a bearing II at the lower end of the plate, the bearing II accommodating one end of the button loop member I2, as clearly shown by Figure 3 of the drawing, thereby providing a connectionY between the button loop member I2 and the plate 5, which will permit free swinging movement of the button loop member towards and away from the leg of the person wearing the garter but restrict lateral swinging movement in a plane with the planes of the side faces of the plate 5.

The reference character I3 indicates the button tape of the garter to which the button I4 is secured, the button I4 cooperating with the button holding member I2 securing the hose thereto.

Formed on the bar 9 adjacent to the upper end thereof, is the stud I5 over which theeye member I6 secured at one end of the member I0, is positioned, in securing the elastic band around the leg of the wearer.

From the foregoing it will be seen that since the stud I5 is disposed adjacent to the upper end of the bar 9, the plate 5 will be tilted or swung to the position as shown by Figure 2 of the drawing, when the eye member I6 is positioned over the stud I6, thereby increasing the tension on the hose without increasing tension and the leg gripping action of the elastic band of the garter.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A garter comprising a rigid plate to which one end of an elastic leg band is secured, the leg band being extended from one side edge of the plate, a stud on the plate disposed above the longitudinal center of the plate, an eye member secured to the other end of the leg band, and pivctally engageable by the stud, whereby the lower end of the plate is swingable laterally, a sleeve bearing member of rigid material integrally formed with the lower edge of the plate and extended transversely of the plate, and a hose-engaging loop member carried by the bearing member, the portions of the loop member projecting from the ends of the bearing member being bent, whereby to prevent lateral movement of the loop member relative to the bearing member and the plate.

2. A garter comprising a rigid plate to which one end of an elastic leg band is secured, a stud on the plate disposed above the longitudinal center thereof, an eye member secured to the other end of the leg band, and pivotally engageable by the stud, whereby the lower end of the plate will swing laterally, a bearing member of rigid material integrally formed wtih the plate, and a hose-engaging loop member connected to the bearing member for lateral swinging movement therewith and with the plate.

3. A garter comprising a rigid plate to which one end of an elastic leg band is secured, the leg band being extended from one side edge of the plate, a stud secured to the plate adjacent the upper end and intermediate the side edges thereof, a. bearing member rigidly joined to the plate 5 at the lower end thereof, a rigid loop member supported directly within the bearing member for lateral swinging movement therewith, the loop member being extended downwardly from the plate in alignment with a line drawn longitudinally through the center of the plate, and an eye member secured to the other end of the leg band and pivotally receivable by the stud, Whereby the plate, bearing member, and loop member Y are laterally swingable.v p

GEORGE C. MASON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,700,485 Browne Jan. 29, 1929 1,720,291 Piper et al July 9, 1929 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 456,088 Germany Feb. 16, 1928 

